Karl Pillemer, Ph.D.

Karl Pillemer, Ph.D. is founder of The Legacy Project, a compendium of practical advice for living from America’s elders, and author of 30 Lessons for Living: Tried and True Advice from the Wisest Americans. He is a professor of human development in the College of Human Ecology at Cornell University and Professor of Gerontology in Medicine at the Weill Cornell Medical College.

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New Year’s Resolutions From the Wisest Americans

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Interviews with over 1,000 elders provided these smart lessons for living

JANUARY 1, 2020 | By Karl Pillemer, Ph.D.

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They learned the hard way what makes marriages work and fail

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